Launch Event Highlights: June 20th, 2013 – Mumbai

‘India’s Best CIOs’ was launched in Mumbai on June 20, 2013 at a grand ceremony. The coveted trophy was unveiled by Mr Alok Ohrie, President and MD, Dell India and the legendary West Indies cricketer, Mr Brian Lara.

Peer Voting and Jury Evaluation

Close to 350 CIOs sent in more than 1000 votes for their peers. The Top 50 CIOs, selected on the basis of maximum aggregate votes, were declared winners. Among these, the Top 10 submitted their case studies to an esteemed jury, who chose the Top 3 winners for the year.Apart from awarding the Top 3 winners, the property recognized the Top 50 CIOs across India although there was no individual ranking between positions 4 and 10 or positions 11 and 50.

Awards Evening Highlights: Jan 24, 2014 - Mumbai

CIOs across the country voted to determine the winners of India’s Best 50 CIOs – a one-of-its-kind initiative hosted by CIO Association of India and Dell. The event was presided by Mr Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief, Times Now. The keynote speaker of the evening, Mr Goswami also presented awards to all the winners of the event.

Our Winners

FIRST PLACE

Mr Vijay Sethi VP & CIO at Hero MotoCorp Ltd.

“Being rated as India’s Best CIO by my own peers and by an eminent jury was a very humbling experience. It was a great honor to receive the award in the presence of India’s who’s who in the IT industry. It is a moment that I will cherish all through my life. My colleagues at Hero and my family played a key role in this and I extend my sincere gratitude to all of them, the jury members, and the CIO Association of India”

SECOND PLACE

“I feel honored to be rated among the Top 3 CIOs of the country, especially in this format where peers have evaluated it. This is very unique and innovative approach of evaluation. I feel IT innovation has a short life cycle and continuous innovation is very critical to be ahead in this competitive business environment.”

THIRD PLACE

Mr T G Dhandapani CIO at TVS Motor

“When top ten CIOs are chosen by peers and top three out of these ten are chosen by best CIOs of the recent past, you can’t ask for more. This recognition is dedicated to my colleagues in IT who work tirelessly and also to my functional colleagues who don’t compromise for anything. Thanks to Tapan Garg, his team, and Dell for organizing this event so well.”

Mr Arun Gupta CIO at Cipla

“When armies win wars, the Generals get stars. I feel privileged and honored to share stage with industry stalwart CIOs… thank you CAI. This recognition is dedicated to all my team members – past and present.”

Top 10

Mr Jayantha PrabhuCTO at Essar Group

Mr Mukund PrasadDirector-Group HR, Business Transformation & Group CIO at Welspun Group

Mr Murali Krishna KSVP and Group Head Computer & Communication Division at Infosys